人人都来巴结我和我的家人，朝我点头哈腰。我说一，没人敢说二。但没过多久就开始打仗了。朝廷没了，皇上也没了，一夜之间我就变得一无所有了。
rénrén dōu lái bājie wǒ hé wǒ de jiārén ，cháo wǒ diǎntóu hāyāo 。wǒ shuō yī ，méi rén gǎn shuō èr 。dàn méi guò duō jiǔ jiù kāishǐ dǎzhàng le 。cháotíng méi le ，huángshàng yě méi le ，yīyèzhījiān wǒ jiù biàn de yīwúsuǒyǒu le 。
Everybody came and fawned on my family and I, bowing and scraping. I would say 'one' and no one dared say 'two'. However, not long after, the war began. The imperial court was no more, the emperor was gone and in one night's time I didn't have a thing in the world.